Laws, Amendments, & Court Cases
This Supreme Court case overturned Plessy v Ferguson in 1954 and declared segregation to be inherently unequal
Brown vs Board of Education
These laws and policies legally discriminated against African Americans
Jim Crow Laws
Civil Rights Leader famous for his nonviolent protests
Martin Luther King Jr
The Voting Rights Act banned:
Literacy tests
This group protested for equal pay and an Equal Rights Amendment
Women
These three amendments are often called the "Reconstruction Amendments"
Civil liberties include _________ and freedoms given to people in the United States and are generally protected by the Constitution and other laws.
Rights
This woman's protest inspired a year-long boycott.
Rosa Parks
This protest challenged discrimination and segregation in interstate transportation
The Freedom Rides
This movement wanted to return tribal lands and stop assimilation practices
American Indian Movement
This 1964 Act outlawed discrimination in public spaces, schools, and employment, enforced desegregation, and protected some voting rights
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This successful protest involved students sitting at a lunch counter and expanding rights for minority citizens
Greensboro sit-ins
This group believed in self-determination, liberation by any means necessary, self-defense, and black power
The Black Panthers
This massive protest featured MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech and led to laws prohibiting discrimination
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
What type of art became associated with the Chicano Movement and Hispanic artists
Murals
The Equal Pay Act of 1963 got rid of wage discrimination based on:
Gender
This group of high school students that attempted to integrate a school in Arkansas were met with massive resistance and had to be supported by the federal government
Little Rock Nine
The United Farm Workers was created to improve the economic treatment of which group of people
Migrant Workers
This protest resulted in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Selma Marches
Hernandez v Texas expanded the 14th Amendment's equal protection to include which group of people
Mexican Americans
An executive order by LBJ attempted to increase equal opportunities for African Americans and other employment groups using this policy
Affirmative Action
During the Jim Crow Era, Southern states oppressed African Americans and took away the rights given to them during which era
Reconstruction
She founded the United Farm Workers and led nationwide agricultural boycotts
Dolores Huerta
The Great Society
This large scale Native American protest was inspired by the March on Washington
Trail of Broken Treaties